Of all of the regions in the United States, which grew the fastest, according to the 2000 census?

The West

On April 19, 1993, federal agents raided the fortified compound of this cult in Waco, Texas.

The Branch Davidians

Gun control was political dynamite in the 1990s, with groups debating the definition and interpretation of the:

Second Amendment.

Passed in California in 1978, this limited property taxes and continued into the 1990s.

Proposition 13

In order to field a full baby-boomer and southern ticket in the election of 1992, Clinton chose this man as his running mate.

Al Gore

Examples of jobs in the information economy include all of the following EXCEPT:

hospital orderlies.

The first female attorney general was appointed by Bill Clinton; she was:

Janet Reno.

Vice president Dick Cheney developed the George W. Bush administration's energy policy in consultation with:

energy companies.

Kurds are located in __________ Iraq.

northern

This event ended a decade of prosperity at home and complacency about the place of the United States in the world.

the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Native Americans have downplayed tribal differences in order to:

secure better opportunities for Native Americans as a group.

Which of the following happened first?(31)

Paula Jones lawsuit dismissed.

One effect of the congressional committee's questioning of Anita Hill was:

millions of women were angered by the badgering of U.S. senators.

In the mid-1990s, the safest political stance for a politician to take was:

in the center.

In 2004 the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party was:

John Kerry.

The September 11 terrorist attacks are often compared to:

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

How many states currently declare English their official language?

26

The Republicans' call for a "Contract with America" came right after:

the Republicans fared well in the midterm elections of 1994.

Who decided the election of 2000?

the Supreme Court

What happened to the unemployment rate between the years 1992 and 2000?

It dropped from 7.2 percent to 4 percent.

The outcome of the budget wars in 1995 and 1996:

revealed that centrist solutions were preferred by most Americans.

This group in Iraq had the most power under Saddam Hussein:

Sunnis.

Which of the following countries was NOT named part of George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil"?

Syria

Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush focused primarily on Iraq's:

supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.

Despite holding a lead in the popular vote, Al Gore needed this state to secure the electoral votes and the White House.

Florida

President George W. Bush's 2005 statement that the United States should actively extend democracy throughout the world closely mirrored statements by this president:

Woodrow Wilson

Regarding treaties and negotiations, President George W. Bush has:

signed more treaties than any other American president.

The first woman named to the Supreme Court was:

Sandra Day O'Connor.

George W. Bush:

seeks help from God in making policy decisions.

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Many Southerners refused to accept their defeat as divine judgment and believed that God had spared the South for a greater purpose; they came to view the war as

The Lost Cause

During his travels across the U.S. after the Civil War, Mark Twain observed that

North had moved on from the Civil War, where as the South had not.

In the early years of Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau was successful at

education and creating schools

The Southern homestead Act

was largely successful law passed in 1866, gave black people preferential access to public lands in 5 southern states.

The church became the center of black life for all of the following reasons

they could hone skills in self government and administration, assume leadership positions, render important decisions, deal with financial matters, and engage in politics

The wade-davis bill was rendered ineffective when

Lincoln pocket vetoed it.

Through out his political career, Thaddeus Stevens was a consistent spokesman for

radical republicans, he dreamed of a South populated by black and white yeoman farmers.

Congress successfully managed to override President Johnson's veto of

the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Did the 14th Amendment include women?

No.

the radical republicans' goals for Reconstruction included all of the following

Secure freedmen's right to vote, South would be run by Republican regimes, and set standards for confederates states readmission into union

the 15th amendment

passed by congress in 1869, guaranteed the right of American men to vote, regardless of race.

White Southerners used the term carpetbaggers to describe

Northern transplants to the South, many of whom were Union Soldiers who stayed in South after War.

Which statement about black voters in the South during Reconstruction is not true?

Black votes helped Democrat party.

The number of Southern black to congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives increased from 2 in 1869 to ____ in 1873

7

Southern Democrats realized they could regain their dominance of local power by

racial solidarity.

Which statement about the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction is true?

Founded in Tennessee in 1866 by 6 ex-confederate soldiers. Was initially a social club.

In the presidential election of 1872, U.S. Grant defeated the former Republican

Horace Greeley

A long-lasting legacy of the ideas of the Southern democrats of this era was

Redemption.

To challenge the state's Republican government in Louisiana, a group of elite Democrats in New Orleans organized a military organization called

White League

What is something that worked in the Democrats' favor in the election of 1876?

North was tired of using force

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White Supremacy

Who wer the main candidates in the presidential election of 1876?

Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes

In his book, The Facts of Reconstruction, John R. Lynch argued that

Reconstruction governments of the South achieved some commendable things.

Conservative governments in the South were able to institute sharecropping because

there was no other choice.

In the Slaughterhous cases of 1873, the Supreme Court ruled that

most citizenship rights remained under state, not federal, control.

Legacies of Reconstruction in the South included all of the following

legalized segregation, foundation of reform, great deal of hope for African Americans

The era of the new South

was harsh against blacks, had a bad economy, and racial problems.

The term Solid South refers to

the one-party political system that dominated the south from 1890s to 1950s.

What modern-day commodity became successful in the South by the early 1900s?

textil manufacturing center?

Economic conditions that hindered the South included all of the following

low wages, low tax revenue, and limited access to capital.

Made in the South became synonymous with

bottom-of-the-line goods

By the 1890s, what percentage of farmers in the South were tenants or sharecroppers?

50%

Redeemer Democrats represented the interest of

white supremacists.

In fear of losing popular support, Redeemer Democrats

portrayed themselves of saving the South from black rule.

The powerful Southern Farmer's Alliance had its origins in

Texas.

Which description is the best portrayal of the Souther Farmers' Alliance?

An organization founded in traditional southern values.

The Holiness movement and the Church of God were similar in the way they

rejected secular evils and accepted women as equals.

The Colored Farmers' Alliance staged a strike in their effort to

increase farm wages.

Which statement best describes the Subtreasury Plan?

A program promoted by the Southern Farmers' Alliance in response to low cotton prices and tight credit. Farmers would store their crop in a warehouse until prices rose, in the meantime borrowing up to 80% of the value of the stored crops from the government at a low interest rate.

The Populist Party supported all of the following policies

direct election of U.S. Senate, income tax, women suffrage, and government ownership of railroads.

In the effort to break an alliance between black and with Populists, southern Democrats

appealed to the doctrine of white supremacy.

A supporter of temperance believed that

alcohol is evil.

All of the members of the following organizations were female activists except

NAACP

When T. McCants Stewart, a black Northerner, traveled to the South in 1885, he was

surprised by how well he was treated by Whites.

The killings of the owners of the People' Grocery in 1892 stemmed from the fact that

In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, the supreme court ruled all of the following

it is constitutional as long as the separated parts are equal.

Jim Crow Laws

were segregation laws that became widespread in the 1890s.

Grandfather clauses and poll taxes were used to

prohibit blacks from voting.

D.W. Griffith's successful film, Birth of a Nation, promoted an image of

white supremacy.

Booker T. Washington emphasized

vocational training.

In the Atlanta Compromise, Washington urged whites to provide education for black and

job assistance

What were the areas addressed by the Freeedmen's Bureau

Provide social, education, and economic services to former slaves.

In what ways did the southerners "remember" the Civil War during Reconstruction?

They remembered it as a symbol of courage against great odds. It was seen as a romantic and chivalrous contest.

Describe the characteristics that define the sharecropping system?

The landlord furnished the sharecroppers a house, a plot of land to work, seed, some farm animals and farm implements, and advanced them credit at a store the landlord typically owned. In exchange, the sharecroppers promised the landlord a share of their crop, usually half. The croppers ket proceed from the sale of the other half to pay off their debts.

What laws and amendments were passed by Conmgress in its effort to extend the parameters of democracy during reconstruction

14th and 15th amendments

Enforcement act of 1870

KKK Act of 1871

What were some major examples of the growth of southern industry in the last quarter century of the 1800s?

Birmingham- nation's preeminent steelmaking city

Carolina Piedmont- textile industry center

Virginia- dominant tobacco producer

In what ways did Democratic governments of the South take away the suffrage rights of black men?

poll taxes

grandfather clauses

literacy and education qualifications

DisFranchisement

What grievances and programs were expressed by the Southern Farmers' Alliance?

Protested price fixing

instituted boycotts against jute manufacturers

subtreasury plan proposed

What was the Populist Party's original stance on race within their movement?

They were ambivalent about Black People.

All of the following were typical of political elections in the late 1800s

organized campaigns, controlled balloting, loyal electorate.

A major difference between elections in the late 1800s and today's election was

more voters, no official ballot back then, and hawkers/peddlers were allowed.

The Democratic Party of the late 1800s was strongest

in the South and West.

Republicans of the late 2800s identified their party with all of the following images

nationalism, national unity, and applied to the "bloody shirt" of the civil war.

The Greenback Party of the 1870s

denounced the infamous financial legislation. It also believed in labor reform and currency inflation.

The Mugwumps believed that

the government should be honest and efficient.

By the mid-1890s, female reformers had succeeded in

full woman's suffrage in Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, and Nebraska, and partial suffrage in other states.

The presidents in the era 1868-1896 were known for

making little effort to reach out to the public or to exert legislative leadership.

The actions of Congress in the late 1800s were characterized by

inefficiency.

Rutherford B. Hayes showed that he had some sympathy for civil service reform when he

fired Chester A. Arthur.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act began the move toward

meritocracy.

Advocates of high protective tariffs asserted all of the following ideas

provided revenue

protected American Industry

promoted industrial growth

Democrat who convinced the Populists to throw their support to his losing bid for presidency in 1896

William Jennings Bryan

He was assassinated, early in his presidency, by a crazed man who was bitter about failing to get appointed to a political patronage position

James Garfield.

Wealthy Republican industrialists contributed millions of dollars to his successful bids for presidency in 1896 and 1900.

William McKinley

He showed favor toward the idea of reform in 1877 when he rejected the claims for jobs and favors made by some Republican machine leaders and office seekers.

Rutherford B. Hayes

He was the only Democrat elected to the presidency in the period of 1876-1900.

Grover Cleveland

The McKinley Tariff

raised tariffs.

The Interstate Commerce commission

was the first federal regulatory agency. It investigated and prosecuted violations.

The Interstate Commerce Commission

unsuccessful in enforcing the publics call for regulating railroads

The Sherman Antitrust Act

was the first federal antitrust measure that expanded federal power over business.

Describe the spheres of influence, the Open Door policy, and dollar diplomacy. To what areas of the world did they refer?

Spheres of Influence: Regions dominated and controlled by an outside power- China, Open Door Policy: American policy of seeking equal trade and investment opportunities in foreign nations or regions- China, and Dollar Diplomacy: The U.S. policy of using private investment in other nations to promote American diplomatic goals and business interests- Caribbean.

What were 3 important consequences of the American victory in the Spanish-American War?

workers resented administration's hostility to the postwar strikes, Ethnic groups brutalized by the Americanization of the war years blamed Wilson for the war or condemned his peace settlement. Farmers grumbled about wartime price controls and postwar falling prices.

Describe the opposing views that existed regarding preparedness

preparedness- a program to expand armed forces and establish universal military training

Conservative Business groups supported

Most Americans and William Jennings Bryan opposed. Wilson opposed until submarine crisis with Germany intensified

The third party with greatest importance in the 19th century

Populist

Which political party expressed ideas close to the goals of the Grange

The Union Labor Party

The Leader of the Women's Temperance Union

alcohol abuse was a result of poverty and social disorder

The Pendelton Service began the move towards

separating partisan politics from attaining government jobs

Early Populist Party victories

often came at the expense of Republicans

Populists and Coxeyites differed from earlier reform groups by

appealing to the federal government for economic and social reforms

Which party was essentially dissolved as a result of the 1986 election

The People's Party

The beginning of a stronger, more assertive presidency began with

William McKinley

After the depression of the mid-1980's, a majority of America began to

feel that new measures were needed to promote social progress

Leaders of the Social Gospel movement sought to

introduce religious ethic to industrial relations

The International Workers of the World differed from the AFL by

organizing all types of workers from a wide variety of ethnic groups

Progressive reformers looked to gain whose ideas

European

In which of the following years was the percentage of the employed children between 10 and 15

1900

The accomplishments of the Mayor Samuel "Golden Rule" Johnson in Toledo, Ohio, included

defeating the two established parties and passing many social reforms

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act

enacted an income tax

The first income tax enacted after the ratification of the 16th amendment had a top tax rate of how much percent

7%

Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism who was addressing the issue of imperialism

"We must promote the superiority of our culture in an effort to ensure world stability

The effort to annex Hawaii in 1893 foreshadowed

the differences between Republicans and Deomcrats regarding imperialism

Populists supported the intervention in Cuba because

they sympathized with the Cubans quest for freedom

An appalling aspect of the Filipino War

the death of many Filipino's in concentration camps

Germany restored to submarine warfare

in its effort to break England's naval blockade on trade with Central Powers

What was ironic about Wilson's successful campaign slogan "He Kept Us Out Of War"

Wilson disliked the slogan's sentiment, but exploited its political popularity

The Food Administration

succeeded at raising farm incomes

In July, 1918, President Wilson agreed to send 15,000 troops to

Russia

Attorney General Palmer's credibility was permanently harmed when

his prediction of an attempted communist takeover did not come true

Liberal Republicans were known derisively by their critics

Mugwamps

Jane Addams supported the what party in 1912

Progressive Party

New York's major political machine that eventually helped advance progressive reform

Tammany Hall

The May 1915 German attack on the what led to the death of over 1,200 Passengers

Luisitania

Whose castle flew the confederate flag

Von Brocke

During his travels across the United States after the Civil War, Mark Twain Observed

people of the south discussed the war for oft

Senator George Norris of Nebraska criticized the Harding administration for what?

for being too friendly to big business

Why did politicians stop supporting women's support issues?

their varying social and economic backgrounds

The Scopes Trial revealed what about fundamentalists?

they were uncomfortable with evolutionary science

U.S. companies expanded markets and avoided tariffs how?

many U.S. companies became multinational corporations

What was the "Good Neighbor policy"?

FDR's approach that tried to improve relations with Latin America.

In the 1920's, Europeans used the term Fordize as a synonym for

Americanize

Effects of the automobile industry's growth all of the following EXCEPT

reducing the use of line and production

DuPont emerged as a powerful corporation in the

chemicals industry

A major industrial trend of the 1920's was

mass production

All of the following were aspects of the open shop campaign EXCEPT

the extension of unskilled bargaining rights for unskilled labor

Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that

Workers should rely on corporations not unions

Several sick industries experienced all of the following problems EXCEPT

high corporate profits

During the 1920's, American agriculture

went down and never recovered

The Teapot Dome Scandal

scandal during the President Warren Harding's administration; involved Secretary of the Interior Albert Falls leasing of petroleum reserves in return for cash, bonds, and cattle

The Sheppard-Towner Act

The first federal social welfare law providing funds for infant and maternity care

Blacks migrated to the urban North for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

racial discrimination did not exist in the North

This man was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association who rejected integration in favor of migration to Africa

Marcus Garvey

The Harlem Renaissance

A new African-American cultural awareness that flourished in literature, art, and music in the 1920's

This man was a poet of the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes

The Order of the Sons of America

La Orden de Hijos de America, campaigned against inequities in schools and the jury system

Jazz music

derived from African-American musical traditions

Charles Lindbergh became a celebrity when he

flew across the Atlantic Ocean

Which writer is NOT associated with the Lost Generation?

Steven Crane

The National Origins Act of 1924 was aimed at limiting the immigration of

Europeans and Asians

The Volstead Act was related to

the 18th Amendment / Prohibition

The federal government, led by Herbert Hoover, responded to the crippling depression by

voluntarism / charitable organizations and self-help groups

What occurred on "Black Tuesday"?

Stock market crash

The Wall Street Crash

Marked the beginning of the Great Depression but did not cause it

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression EXCEPT

drop in agricultural production

By 1932, what percentage of the labor force was out of work?

25%

What were the Hoovervilles?

shantytowns named after Hoover where unemployed people lived in makeshift shacks, tents, and boxes

Social effects of the depression included all of the following EXCEPT

higher divorce rates

During the depression, Hispanic Americans

also suffered. increasing competition for decreasing jobs paying declining wages due to prejudice against them

One of Herbert Hoover's few relief measures was the creation of the

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Roosevelt announced specific plans for the New Deal

In the election of 1932,

FDR won by a landlside; won every state South and West of Pennsylvania

"The hundred days" refers to

the first 100 days was in office

Which agency was created personally by FDR and was very popular with the public

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration attempted to

combat depression in agriculture

Section 7A of the National Recovery Act

guaranteed workers the rights to organize and bargain collectively

A particularly odious part of Father Charles Coughlin's criticism of the New Deal was

his anti-Semitic views

The Social Security Act

established responsibility by providing social welfare

The first woman to be named to a presidential cabinet was Secretary of Labor

Frances Perkins

In terms of race relations, Eleanor Roosevelt

advocated racial equality

The "Black Cabinet" was a term used to describe

blacks in important government positions

Most Southerners supported the TVA because it

provided electric to a vast area of South for first time

Court Packing refers to FDR's proposal to

subvert the separation of powers among the 3 branches of government

All of the following statements about the midterm elections of 1938 are true EXCEPT

revealed that more than ever, FDR would have an easy time getting his programs passed.

With the hopes of expanding to new markets and increasing trade, President Roosevelt extended formal recognition of this country in November 1933; his decision was met with much criticism.

Soviet Union

In an effort to avoid conflict, Congress passed a set of acts, designed to continue America's trade with its world partners but prohibit the president from taking sides in the mounting European crisis. They were called

neutrality acts

What evidence reveals the close ties between big business and the Republican Party during the 1920's? list at least 3 indications.